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. WASHINGTON (UPI) President
Carter warned Iran’s revolutionary
regime yesterday of “the grave con
sequences which will result” if harm
comes to any of the Americans held
hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
In a nationally broadcast news con
ference, Carter left little doubt that he
considers the 49 hostages already
harmed at least psychologicially by
the ‘‘inhuman and, degrading con
ditions” at the American Embassy .
“Any claims by Iran will ring hollow
while innocent people are bound, abused
and threatened,” he said.
, As the White House said he would, the
president declined to answer certain
questions because the crisis in Iran is so
delicate.' But in answer to other,
questions, Carter said: ,
—“We obviously prefer to see our
hostages protected and released com
pletely through means The
United States has other options available
to it which will be considered, depending
upon the circumstances.” But the
president declined to elaborate.
—He personally approved permitting
the ailing shah of Iran to be treated in a
U.S. hospital and he has no regrets
because the decision was “proper.”
—The United • States is “not ap
proaching any sort of cold war with the
Islamic countries. This includes Moslem
nations which in the past have not been
close friends of ours: Iraq, Libya and
others.”
—The embassy takeover is “un
precedented and unique” and he did not
anticipate this sort of event recurring*
—Any investigation of claims against
12 to face
Offici
By CHERYL BRUNO
and PAUL MARTIN
Daily Collegian Staff Writers '
After interviewing the majority'of the
96 Iranian students at the University,
immigration officials found that 12
students have problems with their
student visas, said. Craig Millar,
assistant vice president for student
affairs.
Of this number, 10 students were.found
to have only minor technical violations
in their visas, but Millar said that any
international student attending college
in the U.S. could encounter similar
complications if 'questioned by im
migration authorities.
However, the remaining two students
I ace more serious charges and all 12 will
appear before an immigration judge for
a deportation hearing, he said.
According to Millar, the only Iranian
students enrolled at the University not
interviewed by immigration authorities
were .14 students ' attending Com
monwealth 'campuses and those on
practical training!
A directive issued Nov. 10 by
President. Carter requires all nom
immigrant Iranian students to report
their location and status to their local
immigration.office by Dec. 14; A further
directive from the U.S. Attorney
General’s office states that only these
students and not their'families must
comply with the president’s directive.
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student Said, “This situatiorpneral
has a few different aspects||t, the
Shah should be returned sent
somewhere other than the Urates,
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problem in Iran, he said, m the
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problem involving the econw| the
country would remain unsolved
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since 1970, said that although
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the other remedies available for the
United States and for the world,” he
said.
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terrorism” in violation of “not only the
fundamental precepts of international
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in calling for the release of the
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Carter, who has canceled four trips
because of the Iranian crisis, said, “I
will have to continue to restrict my
political activities.”
“We. haye attempted to keep the
political leaders in out* nation informed.
We have givVn frequent briefings, for
instance, on ’the hill. We have en
couraged all those who have become
announced candidates for president to
restrain theii; comments which might be
misconstrued overseas.”
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Asked if the hostage situation in Iran
Could happen again; Carter described it
as an “unprecedented and unique oc
curance.” V
Carter declared the United States is
“not approaching any sort of cold war
with the Islamic countries.”
“I think that we have a very good
relationship with the people and the
governments of the Islamic world, and I
don’t think it has deteriorated in this
instance.”
students
the Shah and feels that he should be
returned to Iran and tried, he doesn’t
believe that the Ayatollah Ruholla
Khomeini should head the government,
“He (Khomeini) is a good religious
leader but not.a good political leader,”
the student said.
He said that several of his relatives
who were jailed as political prisoners
were tortured and killed during the!
Shah’s regime.
A third Iranian student who also asked
not to be identified said that the majority
of people in Iran view the deposed Shah
as a second Hitler.
“During the uprisings in Iran from
1976 to 1978, 70,000 people were killed by
the army and secret police of the Shah,”
he said.“lran made it clear. If the U.S.
wants a good relationship with Iran, they
would not give refuge to the Shah.”
Concerning the takeover of the
American embassy, the student said
that all Iranians are united in the desire
to have the Shah returned for trial'and
that considering all the events in Iran,
there was no other way to bring this
situation to international attention..
What the students did could be
justified, he said, considering the con
sequences of U.S. government in
volvement in Iran during the Shah’s
rule. This involvement included the sale
of military equipment, CIA training of
the Shah’s secret, police and economic
aid, he said. .
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While discussing his. viewpoints, the
student emphasized that he feels the
American people are separate from the
U.S.governmerit, and must be viewed as
such in any analysis of the situation.
According to University Police. Ser
vice’s crime prevention specialist John
Rideout, his office has received no
reports of problems between Iranian and
non-Iranian students at the University.
State College Police' Chief Elwood
Williams said one Iranian student
reported receiving a threatening phone
call, but said no other incidents have
been reported.
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ARHS plan gets tentative okay
By MIKE SILLUP
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
University President John W.
Oswald has given conditional ap
proval to a first-come, first-served
method for dormitory room
assignment for Fall Term 1980 as
drawn up by a special committee of
the Association of Residence Hall
Students.
In a'letter to ARHS President Steve
Osborn dated Nov. 16, Oswald said
the decision was influenced by strong >
student preferences for the present
form of awarding dorm contracts.
The ARHS Dorm Contract
Assignment Committee submitted a
report to Oswald Nov. 1 outlining a
modified first-come, first-served
method;. The report also cited results
of a survey taken by ARHS indicating
about 71‘-;“percent of students
responding favored a first-come,
first-served method.
Oswald, who was out of town
yesterday and'could not be reached
for comment, said in the letter that
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ARHS must make revisions in the
plan before it is given final approval.
Those revisions include elaboration
of some points and a solution to the
problem of handicapped students who
are not able to wait in a line for long
periods of time.
According to the letter, he asked
ARHS to submit a detailed
procedural plan by Jan. 15.
Joseph Bennett, manager of the
University news bureau, said no
decision has been made regarding
what would happen if Oswald rejects
the revisions.
Osborn said the ARHS committee
that drew up the original plan will be
called upon again to revise it. He
said, however, the committee for the
final plan will also receive input from
the Undergraduate Student Gover
nment and the Council of Branch
Campus Student Governments, which
represents Commonwealth campus
students.
The present ARHS plan for a
modified first-come, first-served
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system will assign priority in the
following order: incoming freshmen,
reserved space for students' other
than freshman (sororities, interest
houses and athletes) and upperclass
undergraduates Without reserved
space privileges.
The plan also gives reassignment
requests a high priority.
The ARHS plan will make for
smaller lines because there will be
more lines, Osborn said. According
to the report, under the new method
students would send their $45 deposits
and applications to the University
before waiting in line. The University
would then assign each student to one
of 10 lines located in various places on
campus.
He also said the shorter lines will
enable a student to size up the lehgth
of a-line'more .easily, 'arid, dsljmate
where the cut-off point for accepting
contracts will be.
According to Osborn, most students
should have to wait in line only four or
five hours.
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